Abdominal protecting device



July f3, 1926.

v 1,592,477 w. P. WHITLEY ABDOMINAL PROTECTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 21, 1922 mm, P WM/ TTOENEYS ers bod a. Patented July 1926.

UNITED.- s rurrfs PATENT OFFICE.

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OFIST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB TO B-LWLINGS MANU- OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

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Application filed December 21, 19,22. Serial No. 008,244.

I This invention relates to abdominal protecting devices of the kind that comprise a rigid, cup-shaped member which is adapted to bepositioned over the parts of the wearto be protected. As there is a natural ten ency for a .ri id protectin member of the kind mentione towork up or move out of operative relationship with the parts 'or a draw string 'letie equipment either to equi with leg straps and many athletes o ject to wearing a supporter provided with a pocket for receiving a account of the fact that such a supporter is cumbersome and is of such design that the formed of with onne t d to the supporter in such away porter over the parts j is not entirely satisfactory. on account of thewith the and. therefore, I'hgve devised a rigid protecting member cannot be arranged in such a position thatit will be comfortable for the wearer;

Accordingly, athletes to use a conventional supporter elastic mabteerial aind prliange a rigidprotectmg' memrinsieote to be protected. T h is tenderi of the 'd protect' member to up or s lii f t out of o p rative' reparts to'be protected, rigid p tecting member for abdominal style of supporter and which is equip means for enablingit to be detacha ly that it will becomfortable for the user and wil l'be held securely. in operative position even when the weareris engaged in violent exercise.

Figure 1 of the drawings is front elevational. view of a conventional elastic supporter used in conjunction with a rigid protecting member constructed accordance with my lnvention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of said protecting me mber; and

rigid protectingmember, on

"it is the custom-of many shown in Figure 3,

I rotecting de -.vices that is capable of use wi' any type or 7 mg. to

abdomin my inv front elevational view, illustratin another form of my invention.

In the drawings A designates a supporter which may be of any preferred type or kind, such, forexam 1e, as a conventional elastic Figure 3 is a supporter that 1s adapted to be drawn overthe legs of the wearer and which is provided with a belt portion 1 and an abdominal portion 2 that extends dowiiwardl over the abdomen of the wearer, and B esignates a rigid, cup-sha ed member that is adapted tobe'arrange inside of the supporter behind the abdominal portion 2 of same, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The member B may be of any preferred style or type, such as a conventional aluminum rotecting device provided'at its marginal e g'e with a pad 3, and it is provided with a means forenablingit to be detachably connected to the abdominal portion 20f the supporter in such a way that it cannot shift out of operative relationship with the parts of the" wearers body to be protected.

It is immaterial, so far as my invention is concerned, what type or kind of means the member B is provided with for detachably connecting it to the supporter, but I prefer to equip the member A with a safety pin 0 arranged on the front side of same adjacent the upper end of said member, as shown in Figure 2. Said safety in can either be secured to the member B attached at its opposite ends to the member B and arranged vertically on the front side of said member, or, it can be secured to the member B by a metallic device 5 that emy a strip of'tape 4,

braces a portion of the safety pin C, as

arranged in such a way that it extends transversely of the protecting member "B. In practice I prefer to use a pieceof tape 4 for securing the safety piece of ta permits of a slight lateral movement 0 the rigid member B relatively to the abdominal portion 2 ,of the sup orter, thereby reduc' the. tendency of t e abdominal 'rtion of the supporter to exert a pull on e member B in a direction tenddislplace said memberevery time the said safety pin beingpin to the protecting. -member B, on account of the fact that a portion ofthe protector shifts in.

ggiforming .to the-movements of the wearers Fzbmf the foregoing it will be that tion makes it possible for an'athlete to wear a conventional elastic supporter in conjunction with a rigid, cup-shaped protectin member without the necessity of continuahy moving the protecting member back into operative position, as is necessary when the ordinary rigid, cup-shaped rotecting member is used in conjunction with a conventionai elastic sup orter; it insures a greater degree of comi drt to the wearer than can be secured. with an elastic supporter equipped with a cumbersome pocket for receivmg a rigid, cup-shaped protecting member and it oyercomes the necessity 0 using leg straps to retain a protecting member of the kind referred to in operative relation ship with the parts to be protected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An abdominal protecting device of the character referred to consisting of a suh= stantially cup-shaped, rigid member ada wearer, a stri tially cup-shaped said member lower ends of said member, and a transesser? ted .to be arranged inside of a supfporter an ,set in a position where it is com ortable to the of fabric stretched across the front side 0 said member and having its end portions attached to said member and its intermediate portion unattached to said member, and a fastening device for detachably connecting said tape to the supporter.

2. An abdominal protecting device of the character referred to consisting of a substanmetaiiic member provided at its marginal ed e with a pad, a piece of tape arranged vertically on the front side of and secured to the upper and versely-disposed safety pin connected to said tape for enabling said member to be secured to a supporter.

HI; TLEY. 

